Background
Mills, Eugene Sumner was born on September 13, 1924 in West Newton, Indiana, United States. Son of Sumner Amos and Lela (Weatherly) Mills.
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From its headquarters in Boston, Elderhostel, Inc. administers an international network of educational programs for people over 60. In just over 15 years, Elderhostel has grown from a summer program for 220 in New Hampshire to a worldwide movement with some 236,000 participants a year in 50 countries - more than a thousandfold increase! The Story of Elderhostel chronicles this explosive growth and captures the contagious enthusiasm of half a million hostlers. Eugene Mills was president of the University of New Hampshire when Elderhostel was founded there in 1975. Since 1977 he has served on the Board of Directors of the organization. From this unique vantage point, he describes the program's inception and launch, and the overwhelming response it received from the outset. At a time when many older people were enjoying better health and financial security than ever before, Elderhostel was among the first to respond to their need for intellectual stimulation and adventure. In telling the Elderhostel story, Mills highlights the program's greatest asset: its people. An avid hosteler himself, he draws on his own adventures and interactions with fellow to bring participants the Elderhostel experience to vivid life. First-person accounts from hostlers, teachers, and administrators directly communicate their excitement and camaraderie. Mills describes a broad sample of domestic and international programs, conveying both the diversity of the offerings and the unity of the Elderhostel experience. Mills concludes by placing the Elderhostel phenomenon in the context of society's attitudes toward older citizens. In our youth-oriented culture, seniors have too often been undervalued or dismissed. Butthe hundreds of thousands of Elderhostelers in programs around the world, Mills notes, reflect a positive, motivated, participatory attitude that is a direct refutation of the American myth of the 'used-up elderly'.
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Mills, Eugene Sumner was born on September 13, 1924 in West Newton, Indiana, United States. Son of Sumner Amos and Lela (Weatherly) Mills.
AB, Earlham College, 1948. Master of Arts, Claremont Graduate University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Claremont Graduate University, 1952.
Special Postdoctoral Auditor, Harvard, 1959. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Southern New Hampshire University, 1979. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University New Hampshire, 1988.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Earlham College, 1987.
Instructor psychology, Whittier (California) College, 1950;
assistant professor, department chairman, Whittier (California) College, 1952-1955;
associate professor, department chairman, Whittier (California) College, 1955-1960;
professor psychology, department chairman, Whittier (California) College, 1960-1962;
faculty, U. N.H., Durham, 1962-1979;
professor psychology, U. N.H., 1962-1979;
department chairman, U. N.H., 1962-1965;
dean Graduate School, coordinator research, U. N.H., 1963-1967;
dean, U. N.H. (College Liberal Arts), 1967-1970;
academic vice president, U. N.H. (College Liberal Arts), 1970-1971;
provost, U. N.H. (College Liberal Arts), 1971-1974;
provost, acting president, U. N.H. (College Liberal Arts), 1974;
president, U. N.H. (College Liberal Arts), 1974-1979;
president, Whittier (California) College and Whittier College School of Law, 1979-1989;
professor psychology, Whittier (California) College, 1979-1989;
emeritus professor psychology, president emeritus, Whittier (California) College, since 1989. Visiting professor U. Victoria, B.C., summers 1958, 60. Board directors Elderhostel, Inc., 1977-1997, chairman, 1984-1990, vice chairman, 1996-1997.
Board directors FedcoInc., since 1988, vice-chairman, since 1996. Interim president Earlham College, 1996-1997. Board directors New England Board Higher Education, 1974-1979.
Member N.H. Psychological Association, 1962-1979, president, 1969-1970, board directors, 1967-1970. Trustee Earlham College, 1966-1969, honorary lifetime trustee, since 1997.
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Board directors Los Angeles County council Boy Scouts American, 1981—1989. Board directors Fedco Charitable Foundation, since 2001, UNH Museum Art, since 2004. Fellow American Psychological Association.
Member Western Psychological Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi., Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Dorothy Frances Wildman, October 22, 1945. Children: David Walden, Sara Anne.
